Track Listings (22) - Disc #1| All Artists: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Patrick S. Brady, Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster, Christopher Fitzgerald, Andrea Martin, Shuler Hensley, Fred Applegate Title: Young Frankenstein: The New Mel Brooks Musical Members Wishing: 4 Total Copies: 0 Label: Decca Broadway Original Release Date: 1/1/2007 Re-Release Date: 12/26/2007 Album Type: Cast Recording, Explicit Lyrics Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Comedy & Spoken Word, Musicals Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 602517534063, 0028947802495 |
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ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MEL BROOKS -- IT'S ALIVE! — From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster new musical comedy, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN,... more » |
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Amazon.com ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MEL BROOKS -- IT'S ALIVE! From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster new musical comedy, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, based on the Oscar-nominated smash-hit 1974 film. A wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks' classic comedy masterpiece, the story follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that's Fronkensteen) as he attempts to complete his grandfather's masterwork and bring a corpse to life. Together with his oddly shaped and endearing helper Igor (that's Eye-gor), his curvaceous lab assistant Inga, and in spite of his incredibly self-involved madcap fiance, Elizabeth, Frankenstein succeeds in creating a monster - but not without scary and quite often hilarious complications. With such memorable tunes as "The Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and "Puttin' On The Ritz," The New MEL BROOKS Musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is scientifically-proven, monstrously good entertainment...and the only place you'll witness a singing and dancing laboratory experiment in the largest tuxedo ever made. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN features music and lyrics by the three-time Tony Award® winner Mel Brooks, book by Brooks and three-time Tony Award® winner Thomas Meehan, and is directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award® winner Susan Stroman. The show stars Roger Bart ("Desperate Housewives"), Megan Mullally ("Will and Grace"),Tony-Award winner Sutton Foster ("Drowsy Chaperone"), SCTV's Andrea Martin and Christopher Fitzgerald ("Wicked"). YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN opens at Broadway's Hilton Theater - Friday, November 9th! Young Frankenstein Photos More from Mel Brooks The Producers (Musical Highlights) The Producers (2005 Movie Soundtrack) The Producers (2001 Original Broadway Cast) The Mel Brooks Collection The History of the World, Part I High Anxiety Spaceballs Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition) Twelve Chairs Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsTerrific Follow-up to "The Producers" AJK | Chicago, IL | 01/08/2008 (4 out of 5 stars) "Critical reviews of Mel Brook's new musical, "Young Frankenstein", have so far been mixed, but this seems to be somewhat of an expected backlash against Mr. Brooks. His first effort, 2001's "The Producers", was a runaway smash - winning a record number of Tonys and making any follow-up somewhat doomed. While I have yet to see the production (my tickets are for May), I find the score thoroughly enjoyable & a solid sophomore effort. The amazing cast, led by Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Andrea Martin, sounds great. The score has a few weak links, but there are several terrific songs. Best tracks: Please Don't Touch Me Together Again Roll In The Hay Transylvania Mania Listen To Your Heart Puttin' On The Ritz (Irving Berlin's standard used in the 1974 film for which the musical is based) Deep Love" Together Again for the First Time Coco Pazzo | Long Beach, CA | 01/03/2008 (3 out of 5 stars) "While far from the fiasco the NY critics claimed it to be, Young Frankenstein is a musical comedy bereft of big laughs. It is however, an entertaining old-fashioned show, albeit one with crude humor. Mel Brooks' score is an affectionaet homage to MGM musicals, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin and Doug Besterman's orchestrations are appropriately sumptuous and "old school". If you enjoy old fashioned scores, you will find a lot here to enjoy." Slightly underwhelming Michael P. Nolan | Sarasota, Fl | 05/08/2008 (3 out of 5 stars) "So how do you follow up "The Producers"? From the start, no matter how well the play is performed, it will always be compared to Mel Brooks's last play. "The Producers" was a critical and commercial smash, and it's hard to give a favorable comparison.
That being said, I felt the songs were underwhelming, lacking the punch of Brooks' earlier works on stage and in film. The lyrics range from the corny to the predictable, but that is not to say the score is without highlights. Obviously "Puttin' on the Ritz" is by far the most enjoyable song. It's not a song by Brooks, but rather Berlin, and it succeeds in this context primarily to the monster's famous attempt to sing the title line. Other catchy songs are Sutton Foster gamily yodeling "Roll in the Hay," Andrea Martin's "He Vas my Boyfriend," and Megan Mullally's "Please Don't Touch Me," putting a fun twist on the we're-not-in-love song. The lyrics are filled with double entendres that feel old, as if we've heard them several times before, most noticeably in "Deep Love." It has a very Borscht Belt style to it. It's not a bad score, just not a very good one. They must hope that the love audiences have for the original film will carry over to the play. " |
